Gap formation in the filled skutterudite CeOs4Sb12

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2722-2725

  Matsunami, Masaharu ^a   Okamura, Hidekazu ^a   Nanba, Takao ^a   Sugawara, Hitoshi ^b   Sato, Hideyuki ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CeOs4Sb12; Filled skutterudite; Heavy fermion; Kondo semiconductor; Optical conductivity

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; CERIUM; OSMIUM; SKUTTERUDITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DENSITY; DIPOLE; ELECTRON; ENERGY; FERMION; INFRARED RADIATION; OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0346895275     PISSN: 00319015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JPSJ.72.2722     Document Type: Article

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